Claim to Fame

Chris Rock courtesy of wikipedia.orgReferred to by the New York Times as “… probably the funniest and smartest comedian working today” (Source: http://www.chrisrock.com/), Chris Rock has made a huge name for himself as a stand-up comedian and actor. His first national exposure came with his three-year sketch comedy stint on Saturday Night Live (1990-1993). After SNL, Rock moved on to the big screen in an attempt to promote a career in film. However, due to the scarcity of acting jobs, he left Hollywood and turned instead to stand-up comedy. His jokes typically center around race relations in the United States. As a result of his success as a stand-up comedian, Rock managed to land larger roles in films, and has appeared in Lethal Weapon 4, Dogma, and Madagascar to name a few.

Famous people who avoid food. Ask any expert on war, science or culture, and you will find that food plays a vital role in how our world is shaped. Here's a glimpse at some famous individuals and the foods they avoid, whether by choice or otherwise.

Famous drop outs. Weather or not you need school to be successful and rich in life and 10 millionaires who dropped out of school and still became rich. Have you ever wondered just how important school is? Well according to everything we are taught as children there’s no way you can be successful in life without school. Although I do believe you need school for certain things like learning how to interact with people and reading and writing and so on, but is it absolutey really necessary to go to school for years in order to succeed? I don’t, and the list of the 10 celebrities here didn’t seem to need that much of school either to become successful and famous. Check this out, you might be pretty surprised who all dropped out and became highly successful. So let’s start with: Quentin Tarantino
Writer and film director who is best known for his movies Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill Volume 1 and 2, Reservoir Dogs, From Dusk Till Dawn and many more was born March 27, 1963 and dropped out of High School in grade 9. Went on to become one of the most successful movie/writers in Hollywood today.

 Kim Kardashian, sister Khloe and mother Kris are among the Kardashian family members who appear in a cover music video to Katy Perry's 'Et'. Sisters Kylie and Kendall spearheaded the lip-synched project, which was shot during a recent family vacation, reports OK Magazine.

Khloe Kardashian was first to post the video on her personal blog yesterday (31st May 2011), telling fans, "Hi dolls! Happy Tuesday!!!!! I hope you all had a fab Memorial Day weekend. I'm so excited to finally present you to Kardashian/Jenner/Odom/Disick Humphries family music video" Khloe described sisters Kendall and Kyle as being "so creative", revealing that the entire family were forced to learn the words to Katy Perry's hit song. 30-year-old Kim also took to her blog to discuss the project, saying, "The whole family went on vacation recently and Kendall and Kylie thought it would be fun to make a family music video to Katy Perry's 'Et.' Even Mason took part, LOL. I loveeee this video!! Kendall and Kylie both directed and edited it! I can't believe how great it turned out. They truly are geniuses!" The video features Kim's future husband Kris Humphries, who reportedly popped the question to the reality star last week.

Rachel McAdams and Michael Sheen met on the set of Woody Allen’s newest film, Midnight in Paris, and the cast hit it off: “When you work on a Woody Allen film, it creates a real company atmosphere,” Sheen explains. “Owen [Wilson] and myself and Rachel and Nina [Arianda]–we had a fantastic time.” Fantastic time at that: McAdams and Sheen went public with their relationship just two days ago.

As the new couple made the red carpet rounds, Sheen awed at McAdams’ style. “She knows what she’s doing,” he told InStyle. “She has phenomenal taste. Hopefully some of that will rub off on me.”
Source:news.instyle.com